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Baseball coach Mike Parisi, who led Arcadia High School to the Pacific League championship, has been fired after being arrested on drug charge.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25682
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 28, 2003
Pages
p. C1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 28, 2003
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Parisi, Mike
Schools - Arcadia High School
Sports - Baseball
Item ID
25881AN
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Newspaper Index
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Former Arcadia High School student Mirai Nagasu, of Arcadia, competes in 2018 Winter Olympics.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35055
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 12
Subjects
Arcadia High School alumni
Athletes
Ice skaters
Nagasu, Mirai
Sports Figures
Winter Olympics
Item ID
35245AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School badminton succeeding with head Coach Mike Stiles. The team is in its third season as a CIF-recognized program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35116
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 15, 2018
Pages
p. 21
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 15, 2018
Pages
p. 21
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports-badminton
Stiles, Mike
Item ID
35304AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. Former Arcadia resident and USC football star in the 1950s died of heart disease in Reno, NV, at the age of 73. See hard copy in VF "Deaths."

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 22, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 22, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Welsh, Louis ("Lou")
Athletes
Sports Figures
Item ID
29594AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School baseball coach Mike Parisi was arrested for allegedly being under the influence of cocaine. He will plead not guilty and plans to fight charges.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25644
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 17, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 17, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Parisi, Mike
Sports -baseball
Item ID
25844AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School and University of Southern California graduate Bruce Matthews was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, on Saturday, August 4, 2007. He played for the Houston Oilers and Tennessee Titans.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30665
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
Subjects
Athletes
Famous alumni
Football
Matthews, Bruce - biography
Sports Figures
Item ID
30853AN
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Newspaper Index
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Sports Figures

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1. Arcadia Tribune news clip circa 1950 concerning Oakwood Hotel that lists four boxers who trained here in Arcadia. 2. "Birdleg" Collins who fought here in Arcadia. Copy of photo given by boxing historian Dave Coapman on November 13, 1979. 3. Information on boxers from authority G. Phillips; r…
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1. Arcadia Tribune news clip circa 1950 concerning Oakwood Hotel that lists four boxers who trained here in Arcadia.
2. "Birdleg" Collins who fought here in Arcadia. Copy of photo given by boxing historian Dave Coapman on November 13, 1979.
3. Information on boxers from authority G. Phillips; received from Dave Coapman in September 1979.
4. Notes..."among others who trained at Oakwood..."
5. Note on Kid McCoy.
6. Note on Barney Oldfield.
7. Note on reminiscences of Don Ott as to boxers he saw at the ring at the Oakwood Hotel.
8. John L. has to say. news clip February 21, 1893 recounts John L. Sullivan and Corbett fight; notes Corbett stayed at Baldwin Hotel in San Francisco. Given to us by Dave Coapman.
9. Police Gazette article February 17, 1906 about efforts of Morris Levy to build a professional fight club in Arcadia.
10. Arcadia Club of Los Angeles makes the first of its offers of large purses...news clip from unidentified newspaper September 1906 regarding fight in Arcadia. Given to us by Dave Coapman May 1981.
11. Root boxing teacher at Camp Arcadia, CA. Milwaukee Free Press October 16, 1918.
12. Giants' Pitcher Visits Arcadia. Fred Fitzsimmons of the New York Giants, noted "knuckleball" pitcher of the National League visits in-laws Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Borgers at 121 East Walnut Street, for the winter. He will assist his brother-in-law John Borger with raising fancy chickens here. Pasadena Star News, November 1, 1928. Duplicate copy in Folder "Arcadia (city) history-1920-1930.
13. "A Hall of Famer" (Bruce Matthews to be inducted into National Football League Hall of Fame), The Weekly Star, Thursday, July 26, 2007.
14."Ice skating champion Nagasu isn't your average teenager" by Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, February 28, 2008. Fourteen year old Arcadia High School freshman Mirai Nagasu won the U.S. figure skating title.
15. "California trio dominates at junior world championships: Mirai Nagasu leads the pack" by Philip Hersh, Los Angeles Times, March 1, 2008.
16."Arcadia skater leads U.S. sweep," The Associated Press, March 1, 2008. Mirai Nagasu of Arcadia led a 1-2-3 U.S. sweep in the short program.
17. "Figure skating; Flatt edges Zhang and Nagasu for title" by Philip Hersh, Los Angeles Times, March 2, 2008.
18. "Arcadia teen on Olympic Ice" by Stacey Wang, The Weekly Star, February 18, 2010. Mirai Nagasu will figure skate in the Winter Olympics at Vancouver.
19. Chivas USA signs USMNT World Jimmy Conrad. From www.sbnation.com. Retrieved December 28, 2010. Soccer player Jimmy Conrad is a native of Arcadia.
20. Two obituaries on Babe Dahlgren, died in Arcadia, CA. "Babe Dalhgren, 84, successor to Gehrig when streak ended," New York Times biographical service, September 6, 1996. "Babe Dalhgren, man who replaced Gehrig, dead at 84,"Los Angeles Times, September 5, 1996.
21. Arcadian David Small displays his father Irving W. Small's Olympic medal at arcadia Public Library. Irving W. Small was captain of the United States ice hockey team which won the silver medal in the 1924 winter games at Mont-Blanc in the French Alps. Article and photographs. Unknown newspaper, August 26, 1976.
22. After heartbreak, U.S. figure skater Mirai Nagasu again takes aim at Olympic bid. Pasadena Star News, January 2, 2018.
23. Figure skater Mirai Nagasu Olympics Winter 2018. 6 items. 1) Depth is a problem, Pasadena Star News, January 27, 2018. 2) Letter from Michael R. Pence, Vice President of the United States to Mayor of Arcadia Peter Amundson honoring Arcadia's Mirai Nagasu as a member of the U.S. Olympic Team competing in PyeongChang, South Korea. 3) Americans capture bronze in team event but it was Mirai Nagasu's momentous achievement that stole the show, Los Angeles Times online, February 11, 2018. 4) Axel-ent Nagasu gives U.S. bronze, Pasadena Star News, February 12, 2018 (newsprint is in this file too). 5) Mirai Nagasu was once a Colorado Avalanche Ice Girl, Los Angeles Times online, February 13, 2018. 6) Mirai Nagasu holding nothing back in search of Olympic individual medal, Pasadena Star News online, February 18, 2018.
Subjects
Sports Figures
Item ID
240AF
Collection
Subject Files
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James Jeffries, well known boxer is shown in defensive stance. He is known to have visited Arcadia as reported in a 1904 newspaper -- and possible to have fought here.

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Date
c.1900
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Date
c.1900
Subjects
Sports figures
Jeffries, James
Physical Description
7x10 b&w
ID
1091
Collection
Photographs
Images
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A profile of Mike Gordon, Arcadia High School history teacher, who has been named AUSD Teacher of the Year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25757
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 26, 1996
Pages
p. 5
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 26, 1996
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Gordon, Mike
Arcadia High School
Educators
Teachers
Item ID
25957AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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All-Area Baseball. Pasadena Star News names Mike Ebner of Maranatha High School, as Player of the Year. All-Area team consists of four from Arcadia: Pitcher Ian Hoffstetter, Infielders Danny Chavez, Alex Dolan, and Jack Esguerra.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36261
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2022
Pages
p. B2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2022
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Baseball
Chavez, Danny
Dolan, Alex
Ebner, Mike
Esguerra, Jack
Sports
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Newspaper Index
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Dallas Stars' Robertson enjoys record-setting season. Jason Robertson, Dallas Stars left wing, was born in Arcadia and moved to Michigan when he was 10.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2023
Pages
p. B2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2023
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Athletes
Dallas Stars
National Hockey League
Los Angeles Kings
Professional sports
Robertson, Jason
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Newspaper Index
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Scene from a Broadway play showing Barney Oldfield (played by an actor) arriving in his famous race car called the Green Dragon. It is known from a 1904 newspaper that Barney Oldfield did drive out to the Clara Villa in his Green Dragon.

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Date
c.1903
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Date
c.1903
Subjects
Sports figures
Oldfield, Barney
Physical Description
7x10 b&w
ID
1092
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Arcadia High School's cross country team, coached by Jim O'Brien, has received praise and accolades since qualifying for the CIF State Finals for the first time in school history. Arcadia's top runners are Paul Beckwith and Andrew Pilavjian.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29803
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 2, 2005
Pages
p. B2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 2, 2005
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Arcadia High School -- sports
Cross country team
Beckwith, Paul
Pilavjian, Andrew
Item ID
29988AN
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Arcadia locals Bryce Rutherford and Mike Nigolian play on the All-Area Baseball Team.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 22, 2008
Pages
p. C1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 22, 2008
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Athletes
Baseball
Nigolian, Mike
Rutherford, Bryce
Sports
Item ID
31256AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School names Eric Elias as head football coach. Elias is a former assistant coach and an Arcadia alum. He was offensive coordinator at Cantwell Sacred Heart this past season, and has had previous coaching experience at Buena Park, Schurr, and Arroyo.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2024
Pages
p. B2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2024
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--boys football
Coaches
Elias, Eric
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Newspaper Index
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Former Arcadia High School student Brittany Klein is now a Women's Professional Soccer player for the Chicago Red Stars.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 3, 2009
Pages
p. B3 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 3, 2009
Pages
p. B3 w/photo
Subjects
Athletes
Klein, Brittany
Sports
Women's Professional Soccer
Item ID
31689AN
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Newspaper Index
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Mirai Nagasu, a freshman at Arcadia High School, won the women's title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30911
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 27, 2008
Pages
p. Sports 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 27, 2008
Pages
p. Sports 1
Subjects
Arcadia High School - Students
Athletes
Figure skating
Nagasu, Mirai
Sports
Item ID
31106AN
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Newspaper Index
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Former Arcadia High School baseball coach Mike Parisi was arrested June 8 on suspicion of cocaine possession and of being under the influence of the drug. The Arcadia school board dismissed him. He will begin a 2-week trial period in drug court on August 7, where he will undergo counseling, drug testing, and a 12-step program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31770
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 2003
Pages
p. 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 2003
Pages
p. 11
Subjects
Arcadia High School teachers
Arrests
Coaches
Drugs
Parisi, Mike
Item ID
31967AN
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Newspaper Index
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In hockey news, Dallas Stars play the Los Angeles Kings in Los Angeles today. Dallas winger Jason Robertson was born in Arcadia, California. His family had season tickets to the Kings games before they moved to Michigan when Jason was 10. His brother Nick Robertson plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36407
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 3, 2023
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 3, 2023
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Athletes
Dallas Stars
Hockey
Los Angeles Kings
Professional sports
Robertson, Jason
Robertson, Nick
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School graduate Mike Taylor, along with 2 others, started Cronies, a Chatsworth based company that is making a big splash in the area of licensed apparel.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 1995
Pages
p. B3 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 1995
Pages
p. B3 photo
Subjects
Taylor, Mike
Item ID
5507AN
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Newspaper Index
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